Posts by TrickM

Quote: Couldn't you get a PCI graphics card? Yeah, I could... but I decided I'd rather just buy me a new Sager.

I've got an eMachines desktop here -- 1.8GHz Celeron, and cost me about $400 new. Except for the fact that it's a PCI-only machine (no AGP to upgrade the P.O.S. onboard Intel graphics), it actually a pretty decent little box. My...

What OS?

Those specks are typical of just about any webcam in very low (or blocked) light. You'll see the same sort of thing on QuickCams, etc. -- the way to get rid of them is to make sure whatever you're shooting is lit well enough.

I have few computers around the house: Emerald: My Sparc/Linux desktop ('cuz green's my color) Diamond: My other half's Windows desktop (Kris loves diamonds) Sapphire: My Solaris web/mail server (No particular reason) Pearl: My...

That antenna wouldn't happen to have a coax connector, would it?

My new 4780's finally on its way (Tom from PCT, you are my new favorite person in the world. Thanks for the tracking number, and as soon as I figure out how I can have your baby, I'll be in touch). So now I figure I have a week or so...

I ordered my 4780 on the 8th, and it shipped 7 days later, on the 15th. I'd be getting it today if I wasn't in California... It's sort of depressing that UPS shows it "Out for delivery," but that's to PCTorque's place, not...

For what it's worth, my older IBM and Hitachi laptops do the same thing.

So, I ordered my Sager on Friday of last week. I'm in California, so my new 4780 has to make a side trip to Florida before being shipped to me, and I won't get a tracking number until after it's done its U-turn and starts heading...